Papineau (provincial electoral district)

Papineau

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Alexandre Iracà Liberal
District created	1922
First contested	1923
Last contested	2012
Demographics
Electors (2012)[1]	56,601
Area (km²)[2]	3,648.1
Census subdivisions	Gatineau (part), Boileau, Bowman, Chénéville, Duhamel, Fassett, Lac-des-Plages, Lac-Simon, L'Ange-Gardien, Lochaber, Lochaber-Partie-Ouest, Mayo, Montebello, Montpellier, Mulgrave-et-Derry, Namur, Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Papineauville, Plaisance, Ripon, Saint-André-Avellin, Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk, Saint-Sixte, Thurso, Val-des-Bois

Papineau is a provincial electoral district located in the Outaouais region of Quebec, which elects members to the National Assembly. It includes part of the City of Gatineau, and municipalities such as Val-des-Bois, Thurso, Papineauville, Montebello, Ripon and Montpellier.

It was created for the 1923 election from part of Labelle.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Val-des-Monts to Gatineau electoral district but gained some territory in the city of Gatineau from Chapleau electoral district.

The riding was named after Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian politician and leader of the Quebec Patriotes in the 19th century.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

• Désiré Lahaie, Liberal (1923–1935)
• Roméo Lorrain, Action liberale nationale – Union Nationale (1935–1966)
• Roland Théorêt, Union Nationale (1966–1970)
• Mark Assad, Liberal (1970–1976)
• Jean Alfred, Parti Québécois (1976–1981)
• Mark Assad, Liberal (1981–1989)
• Norman MacMillan, Liberal (1989–2012)
• Alexandre Iracà, Liberal (2012–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexandre Iracà	12,966	34.76	-16.60
	Parti Québécois	Jean-François Primeau	12,829	34.31	+2.46
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Chantal Dubé	8,218	21.98	+11.44
	Québec solidaire	Katia Gagnon	1,963	5.25	+2.33
	Option nationale	Jonathan Beauchamp	574	1.54
	Parti nul	Christine Gagné	446	1.19
	Independent	Mario Parent	246	0.66
	People's Front	Alexandre Deschênes	115	0.31	-0.02
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.53

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Normand MacMillan	13,786	50.94
	Parti Québécois	Gilles Hebert	8,674	32.05
	Action démocratique	Bruno Lemieux	2,825	10.44
	Québec solidaire	Francois Breault	805	2.97
	Green	Patrick Mailloux	790	2.92	–
	People's Front	Christian-Simon Ferlatte	92	0.34

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Normand MacMillan	13,559	39.05	-18.97
	Parti Québécois	Gilles Hebert	9,353	26.94	+0.15
	Action démocratique	Serge Charette	9,115	26.25	+13.85
	Green	Patrick Mailloux	1,654	4.76	+2.93
	Québec solidaire	Marie-Elaine Rouleau	1,039	2.99

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Normand MacMillan	17,933	58.02	+3.24
	Parti Québécois	Gilles Hebert	8,279	26.79	-11.42
	Action démocratique	Serge Charette	3,833	12.40	+6.92
	Green	Nathalie Gratton	576	1.86	–
	UFP	Dominique Marceau	286	0.93	–

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Normand MacMillan	16,025	54.78	+1.11
	Parti Québécois	Benoit Campeau	11,177	38.21	-3.43
	Action démocratique	Gheorghe Irimia	1,604	5.48	+2.51
	Natural Law	Richard Lauzon	128	0.44	-0.19
	PDS	Patrick Aube	126	0.43
	Lemon	Denis Patenaude	114	0.39	-0.69
	People's Front	Jose Bazin	81	0.28

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	21,517	63.49
	Oui	12,371	36.51

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Normand MacMillan	15,084	53.67	+2.99
	Parti Québécois	Paul-Andre David	11,703	41.64	-6.29
	Action démocratique	Gaetan Lavoie	836	2.97
	Lemon	Sylvie Gregoire	303	1.08
	Natural Law	Claude Cote	178	0.63
	People's Front	Jose Bazin	81	0.28	-1.11

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Normand MacMillan	11,313	50.68	-1.50
	Parti Québécois	Paul-Andre David	10,701	47.93	+2.64
	People's Front	Nicole Leblanc	310	1.39	+0.52

By-election – May 29, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Normand MacMillan	7,758	52.18	-6.41
	Parti Québécois	Paul-Andre David	6,733	45.29	+7.32
	Lemon	Denis Patenaude	248	1,67
	People's Front	Nicole Leblanc	129	0.87

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=553&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=553&section=superficie

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Outaouais region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011

Neighbouring electoral districts